A Bug of the Year campaign has combined passions for invertebrates, bioluminescence, te ao Māori, mātauranga Māori, and outreach and engagement.

The idea that there is a “science of learning” (singular) currently holds considerable policy sway in a number of Eurocentric nations. Drawing on insights from the complexity sciences however, ...

Many societal problems and challenges are better understood when viewed through a complex systems lens, even if this does not always point directly toward clear or practical solutions. Such problems ...

Te Pūnaha Matatini is bringing acclaimed evolutionary biologist and science system researcher Professor Carl Bergstrom (University of Washington) to New Zealand in February 2026 for a series of public ...

We live in a world more complex, interdependent, and entangled than at any point in human history — from shifting climates to fragile democracies. Yet our sciences, including complexity science, still ...

While there are many definitions of systems thinking, most ignore the “thinking” part. In this talk, I will explore what it means to apply systems thinking in practices like planning, design, research ...

Scientific researchers may be driven by curiosity, but they are constrained by the realities of the scientific ecosystems in which they operate and motivated by the incentives with which they are ...